और्व

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AURVA I   (Ūrva, Ūrūja). A fierce saint of the line of Bhṛgu Maharṣi.
1) Genealogy.
Descending in order from Viṣṇu, Brahmā, Bhṛgu, Cyavana, Aurva. Cyavana Maharṣi married Āruṣī, daughter of Manu. Aurva was her child who was the grandfather of Jamadagni and the great grandfather of Paraśurāma.
2) Birth.
The Preceptors of the Bhṛgu dynasty were the hereditary gurus of the Kings of Hehaya. Kṛtavīrya a famous King of the Hehaya dynasty and father of Kārtavīryārjuna had his education from a Bhṛgu ṛṣi living in his āśrama. On competing his education the king paid lavishly and the Bhṛgus became rich thereafter. Kṛtavīrya died and his sons did not very much like the Bhārgavas (Bhṛgus) becoming rich by the wealth of their ancestors. Knowing this the Bhṛgus started burying their wealth under the earth. Once a Kṣatriya king forcibly dug out from the house of a Bhṛgu the wealth he had safely buried and from that day onwards the Kṣatriyas and the Bhārgavas became enemies. The Bhṛgus were hunted down by the Kṣatriya kings and the Bhārgavas frightened by this move left their abode and went and hid in Caves in mountains far away. Among those who thus fled was Āruṣī, wife of Cyavana. Āruṣī was pregnant at that time and she hid her ‘Garbha’ in her thighs while fleeing. A brahmin woman who saw this went and informed the Kṣatriyas and they immediately went and caught hold of her. Then the thigh broke and a boy came out of it. Because he was born from the thighs the boy was named Aurva. (Ūrū= Thigh and so, born of a thigh). [Chapter 179, Ādi Parva, M.B.] .
3) The effulgence of Aurva.
Aurva was born with fiery radiance and the sudden effulgence made the Kṣatriya Kings blind. Frightened they craved for pardon and praised him. They got back their eyesight then.
4) Aurva and Baḍavāgni.
Aurva bore a deep grudge against the Kṣatriyas who had massacred his forefathers. Aurva started doing rigorous penance and by the force of his austerities the world started to burn. At that stage the Pitṛs appeared before him and persuaded him to withdraw from his penance. Aurva then told them thus: “Pitṛs, while I was lying in the thigh-womb of my mother I heard hideous groans from outside and they were of our mothers when they saw the heads of our fathers being cut off by the swords of the Kṣatriyas. Even from the womb itself I nurtured a fierce hatred towards the Kṣatriyas. No helping hand was raised before the pitiable wails of our mothers”. The Pitṛs were astounded at the firmness of the vow of Aurva and horrified at the thought of what would happen if the penance was continued. They pleaded again to cease his austerities and then submitting to their request Aurva withdrew the fire of his penance and forced it down into the sea. It is now believed that this fire taking the shape of a horse-head is still living underneath the sea vomiting heat at all times. This fire is called Baḍavāgni. More about this can be had under the head Baḍavāgni. [Chapter 180, Ādi Parva, M.B.] .
5) Aurva and the birth of Sagara.
Ayodhyā was once ruled by a celebrated King of Ikṣvāku dynasty named Subāhu. He had as his wife Yādavī a good natured and well behaved woman who was a gem among queens. One day Tālajaṁgha a King of the Hehaya line of rulers who was then the King of Māhiṣmatī defeated Subāhu in a battle. Yādavī was then pregnant. Jealous co-wives poisoned her; Yādavī did not die but the poison affected the child in the womb. After the defeat, Subāhu and Yādavī went and stayed with Aurva in his āśrama. For seven years they lived there and then Subāhu died. Grief-stricken Yādavī was about to jump into the funeral pyre and end her life when Aurva stopped her from the act pointing out that she was soon to deliver a child. After a few months she delivered a son and Aurva called him ‘Sagara’ meaning one with ‘gara’ (poison) in him. [Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Chapters 16, 17] .
6) Aurva and the sister of Garuḍa.
Garuḍa, son of Vinatā, had a sister named Sumati. Upamanyu, a sage, wanted to marry her but neither she nor her relatives liked it. Enraged at this the sage cursed Sumati saying that the brahmin who married her would have his head burst. The marriage of Sumati thus remained a problem for her parents. There was a friend of Vinatā, a sannyāsinī, living in a forest and to find a way to escape from the curse Vinatā sent Garuḍa to her. The sannyāsinī advised Garuḍa to approach Aurva to find a solution for the problem and Aurva was therefore approached for advice. It was at this time that the people of Ayodhyā came in search of Subāhu and Yādavī who had left them years before. When they knew of Subāhu's death they were plunged in sorrow but were glad to know a son of Subāhu, Sagara, had grown up to be a successor to Subāhu. When Garuḍa made Aurva acquainted with the pitiable tale of his sister Aurva decreed that Sumati should marry a Kṣatriya instead of a brahmin and thus tide over the curse. He then asked Sagara to marry Sumati and blessed them saying that Sagara would one day become an emperor and perform an Aśvamedha yāga. Aurva then sent Sagara along with the people to Ayodhyā where Sagara after defeating all his enemies became the emperor of Bhāratavarṣa. [Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Chapters 18-21] .
7) Sagara's sons and how Aurva helped in getting them.
Sagara ruled the land for three thousand years. He had besides Sumati another wife, Keśinī. Both of them bore no sons for Sagara. Dejected he entrusted the administration of the state with his ministers and left for the āśrama of Aurva. Aurva blessed them and prophesied that Keśinī would deliver a son to continue the dynasty and that Sumati would deliver sixty thousand sons of no great use at all. Sagara and his wives, returned to the palace and very soon both his wives became pregnant. In due time Keśinī delivered a son who was named Asamañjas. But Sumati gave birth to a lump of flesh. Greatly pained the King was about to throw it away when Aurva appeared there and stopped him from doing that. He directed him to cut the piece of flesh into sixty thousand pieces and put one piece each in a jar of ghee. Every year one prince would be born from one of them. Thus Sumati got sixty thousand sons. [Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Chapter 92] .
8) Teaching of Aurva.
In the evening of his life Sagara went and stayed in the āśrama of Aurva. Aurva gave him instructions on many a divine subject. He taught him about the importance of the four āśramas, the rituals to be practised by the different castes of Brāhmaṇa, Kṣatriya, Vaiśya and Śūdra and many such other things. Finally Aurva gave Sagara Brahmajñāna. [Chapter 8, Aṁśam 3, Viṣṇu Purāṇa] .
9) Aurvāśrama.
All the Bhārgava ṛṣis together once stayed in the āśrama of Aurva. Paraśurāma visited the āśrama one day during that time and paid respects to Bhṛgu, Khyāti, wife of Bhṛgu, Cyavana, son of Bhṛgu and Aurva, son of Cyavana. [Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Chapter 63] .
AURVA II   A brahmin living in the country of Mālava. This brahmin got a daughter named Śamīka by his wife Sumedha. She was married very early to Mandāra, son of Dhaumyaka and disciple of Śaunaka. After some days when Mandāra found his wife fully grown he went to Aurva to bring his wife home. Aurva sent them both to the house of Mandāra with his blessings. On their way home they met the Maharṣi Bhuśuṇḍi and burst into laughter at his sight. The sage cursed them and made them into two trees. When Aurva found his daughter and son-in-law missing he started a search for them. Then he came to know that both of them had changed into trees by a curse. Aurva and his wife then prayed to God for help. Aurva then lived in the tree of Śamā in the shape of Agni and Śaunaka made an idol of Gaṇapati with the root of the Mandāra tree and worshipped him. Gaṇapati was pleased by the devotional deeds of Aurva and Śaunaka and changed the trees again into Śamīka and Mandāra. [Gaṇeśa Purāṇa] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

noun  एक भृगुवंशी ऋषि   Ex. एक कथा के अनुसार और्व का जन्म गर्भ से न होकर माता के ऊरु से हुआ था ।

ONTOLOGY:

पौराणिक जीव (Mythological Character) ➜ जन्तु (Fauna) ➜ सजीव (Animate) ➜ संज्ञा (Noun)

SYNONYM:

और्व ऋषि

Wordnet:

ben ঔর্ব

kok और्व

mar और्व

ori ଔର୍ବ

pan ਔਰਵ

san और्वः

urd اورو , اورو رشی

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

और्व n.  एक कुल । भृगुवंश में होने के कारण भृगु से इसका निकट संबंध था [ऋ. ८.१०२.४] एतश और्वो में से एक था । इस कुल का अभ्याग्निं ऐतशायन पापिष्ठ है । [ऐ. ब्रा.६.३३] ; [सां. ब्रा. ३०.५] । और्वों ने स्वतः अत्रि से पुत्र प्राप्त किये थे । [तै. सं. ७.१.८.१] । दो और्वो का उल्लेख सम्मान के साथ आया है [पं.ब्रा.२१.१०.६] । और्व यह भृगु के बडे कुल की शाखा रही होगी । और्व गौतम, भारद्वाज इन तीन गोत्रों का उल्लेख भी है [स. श्रौ.१.४] । परीक्षित के प्रायोपवेशन के समय आया हुआ एक आचार्य [जै. ब्रा.१.१८] । एक ब्रह्मर्षि [भा. १.१९.१०] । च्यवन ऋषि की भार्या मनुपुत्री आरुपी का पुत्र [म.आ.६०.४५] । इसका नाम ऊर्ब है [म. अनु.५६] । आत्मवान् तथा नाहुषी का पुत्र [विष्णुधर्म. १.३२] । कृतवीर्य नामक एक हैहयवंशीय के उपाध्याय भृगुकुलोत्पन्न थे । कृतवीर्य ने बहुत से यज्ञ कर भृगुओं को बहुत सी संपत्ति दी थी । भविष्य में कृतवीर्य के वंशजों को द्रव्य का अभाव महसूस होने लगा । तब उन्होंने अपने उपाध्याय के पास द्रव्य की मॉंग की । कुछ लोगों ने भय में द्रव्य दिया । कुछ लोगों ने जमीन में गाड कर रख दिया । एक भार्गव ऋषि का घर खोद कर देखने पर कुछ प्राप्त हुआ । इससे कृतवीर्य के वंशज अत्यंत क्रोधित हुए तथा भार्गव ऋषियों के शरण आने पर भी उनका संहार करना प्रारंभ कर दिया । इतना ही नहीं वे गर्भ का भी नाश करने लगे । तब भृगुवंश की स्त्रियॉं भयभीत हो कर, हिमालय की ओर चली गई । जाते जाते एक स्त्री ने अपना गर्भ गर्भाशय से निकाल कर जंघा में रख लिया । यह बात एक स्त्री ने राजा को बताई । हैहय गर्भ का वध करने वाला ही था, इतने में सौ वर्षो तक जंघा में रह वह गर्भ बाहर आया । उसके तेजसे क्षत्रिय नेत्रहीन हो गये । बाद भें उन अंधे क्षत्रियों द्वारा और्व को, ‘प्रसन्न हो’ कहते ही उन्हें दृष्टि प्राप्त हो गई । माता के उरु से निर्माण होने के कारण इसे और्व नाम प्राप्त हुआ [म.आ.६०.४५,१६९-१७०] ; [अनु. ५६] । हैहयवंशीय राजाओं ने अपने ज्ञातिबांधवों को कष्ट दिया, इसलिये बडे होने पर भी इसने उनके संहार के लिये तप किया । परंतु हमें मृत्यु प्राप्त हो, इस हेतु से ही हमने यह अन्यायपूर्ण कृत्य किया । हमारी मृत्यु के लिये तुम क्रोधाविष्ट मत बनो, ऐसा पितरों ने उसे बताया । तब पितरों के संतोष के लिये इसने अपना क्रोधाग्नि समुद्र में छोड दिया । पराशर को राक्षसों के नाश से निवृत्त करने के लिये वसिष्ट ने यह कथा बताई [म.आ.१६९-१७०] । इसका उग्र तप देख कर ब्रह्मदेव ने सरस्वती के द्वारा इसे समुद्र में डाल दिया । वहॉं अग्नितीर्थ उत्पन्न हुआ [स्कंद. पु.७.१.३५] । अयोध्याधिपति वृकपुत्र बाहु को उसके शत्रु हैहय तथा तालजंघ ने राजच्युत किया । बाद में इसके आश्रम के पास आ कर बाहु की मृत्यु हो गई । तब उसकी पत्नी सती जाने लगी । परंतु यह गर्भवती है, यह देखकर और्व ने उसे सती जाने से निवृत्त किया । बाद में उसे सगर नामक पुत्र हुआ । और्व ने सगर को अनेक अस्त्र तथा शस्त्रों की शिक्षा दी । राम का प्रख्यात आग्नेयास्त्र भी सिखाया । तदनंतर सगर ने हैहय, तालजंध, यवन इन सबको जीत लिया । तब वसिष्ठ ने इसे राज्याभिषेक किया । राज्याभिषेक के समय, यह आया तथा इसने केशिनी एवं सुमति [नारद.१.८] , प्रभा तथा भानुमती [लिंग.१.६६] इन सगर की पत्नियों को संतानवृद्धिदायक वर दिये [मत्स्य. १२] ; [पद्म. सृ. ८] ; [लिंग.१. ६६] ; [नारद.१.७. ८] ; [भा.९.८,९. २३] । इसने सगर का अश्वमेध किया [भा. ९.८] । इसका पुत्र ऋचीक [म. आ.६०.४६] ; [म.अनु.५६] । परीक्षित् शापित होने पर जो ऋषि उससे मिलने आये उनमें यह था [भा.१.१९] । और्व तथा ऋचीक एक हैं [विष्णुधर्म.२.३२] । इसका नाम अग्नि होगा तथा ऊर्व का वंशज होने के कारण, इसे और्व नाम प्राप्त हुआ होगा । इसका काल जमदग्नि के पश्चात् का होगा [कूर्म.१.२१] । इसके नाम का अर्थ उर्वी पर रहनेवाला अर्थात् पृथ्वी पर रहनेवाला होगा । जमदग्नि गंगा किनारे रहते थे । इस जानकारी में यह भी पाया जाता है कि, और्व मध्य देश में रहते थे, तथा वहीं इनके विवाह हुए थे [पद्म. उ. २६८.३] । परंतु ब्रह्मांड में उल्लेख है कि, यह नर्मदा पर था [ब्रह्मांड. ३.२६, ४५] । इसने सगर की सहायता की । परंतु रामायण में भृगु द्वारा सहायता का उल्लेख है । यह अंतिम और्व है । हैहयादिकों का नाश सगर द्वारा होने पर भी कहा जाता है कि, वह सारा पराक्रम परशुराम ने किया । इसका कारण यह है कि, और्व ने उसे आग्नेयास्त्र सिखाया था । परंतु आगे चल कर इन दो और्वो में गडबड हो गई ऐसा प्रतीत होता है । यह भृगुगोत्रीय हो कर मंत्रकार भी था ।
और्व II. n.  इसका पिता भृगुवंशीय ऊर्व, जब तप कर रहा था, तब सब देव एवं ऋषि इससे मिलने आये । तदनंतर विवाह कर से प्रजोत्पादन करने की प्रार्थना ऋषियों ने इससे की । तब इसे ऐसा लगा, ‘इन ऋषियों के मत में मेरे जैसा तपस्वी, बिना विवाह के प्रजोत्पादन करने में असमर्थ रहेगा ।’ इसलिये इसने कहा, ‘यह देखो, मैं पुत्र उत्पन्न करता हूँ किन्तु वह भयंकर होगा । ’ ऋषियों को ऐसा बताकर इसने अपनी जंघा अग्नि में डाली । तदनंतर एक दर्भ से उसका मंथन करके उस जंघ से एक पुत्र निर्माण किया । उसीका नाम और्व है [मत्स्य. १७५] । पुत्र के साथ उत्पन्न माया, ऊर्व ने हिरण्यकश्यपु को दी [पद्म. सृ. ३८] ; [ब्रह्मांड. ३.१.७४-१००] । जन्मतः यह खाने के लिये मांगने लगा । तथा इसने संसार का दाह करना आरंभ कर दिया । इस प्रकार तीन दाह करने के बाद ब्रह्मदेव ने स्वयं आकर इससे प्रार्थना की । जहॉं मैं स्वयं रहता हूँ उसी समुद्र में इस बालक को स्थान देना मान्य किया तथा कहा कि, मैं स्वयं एवं यह बालक युग कें अंत में संसार का नाश करेंगे । ऐसा कहने पर अपना तेज पितरों में डाल कर यह और्वाग्नि समुद्र में रहने के लिये गया [मत्स्य. १७५] ; [पद्म. सृ.३८-४१] । यह विष्णु ही था [म. व. १८९] ; [ब्रह्मांड. ३.७२] । इसी युग के अंत में प्रलयकारक, पाताल का विषाग्नि, विष्णु के मुख से निकला हुआ तथा शंकर के तृतीय नेत्र में रहने बाला है [मत्स्य.२] । इसके वडवामुख वडवानल, संवर्तक तथा समुद्रप नाम हैं [वायु. ४७] इसका पुत्र संवर्तक अग्नि है [मत्स्य. ५२] । यही और्वाग्नि कहलाता है ।
और्व III. n.  मालव देश में रहनेवाला एक ब्राह्मण । इसकी पत्नी का नाम सुमेधा तथा पुत्री का नाम शमीका । इसने अपनी कन्या का विवाह शौनक का शिष्य, धौम्यसुत मंदार के साथ किया । विवाहोत्तर कुछ दिनों के पश्चात्, अपनी पत्नी बडी हो गई यह जान कर उसे ले जाने के लिये यह और्व के घर आया । और्व ने बडे आनन्द से उन्हें बिदा किया । मार्गक्रमण करते समय राह में भृशुंडी को देख कर दोनों हँस पडे । इसलिये उसने इन्हें ‘वृक्ष बनो’ ऐस उश्शाप देने पर वे वृक्ष बने । और्व तथा शौनक जब ढूँढते ढूँढते आये, अब उन्हें पता चला कि वे वृक्ष बन गये हैं । तब इन्हें अत्यंत दुख हुआ । इन्होंने ईश्वर की आराधना की । और्व अग्निरुप से शमीवृक्ष में रहा तथा मंदार की मूली से गणेशमूर्ति बना कर उसका पूजन करता हुआ शौनक आश्रम में गया । दोनों के अनुष्ठान से शमीमंदार गणेश को प्रिय हुआ [गणेश. २.३६] ।
और्व IV. n.  स्वारोचिष मन्वन्तर के सप्तर्षियों में से एक ।
और्व V. n.  सावर्णि मन्वन्तर के सप्तर्षियों में से एक ।

कोंकणी (Konkani) WN

noun  एक भृगुवंशी रुशी   Ex. एका काणये प्रमाणें और्वाचो जल्म गर्भांतल्यान न्हय आवयच्या जांगड्यांतल्यान जाल्लो

ONTOLOGY:

पौराणिक जीव (Mythological Character) ➜ जन्तु (Fauna) ➜ सजीव (Animate) ➜ संज्ञा (Noun)

SYNONYM:

और्व रुशी

Wordnet:

ben ঔর্ব

hin और्व

mar और्व

ori ଔର୍ବ

pan ਔਰਵ

san और्वः

urd اورو , اورو رشی

मराठी (Marathi) WN

noun  एक भृगुवंशीय ऋषी   Ex. एका कथेनुसार और्व ह्यांचा जन्म गर्भातून न होता मातेच्या मांडीतून झाला होता.

ONTOLOGY:

पौराणिक जीव (Mythological Character) ➜ जन्तु (Fauna) ➜ सजीव (Animate) ➜ संज्ञा (Noun)

SYNONYM:

और्व ऋषी

Wordnet:

ben ঔর্ব

hin और्व

kok और्व

ori ଔର୍ବ

pan ਔਰਵ

san और्वः

urd اورو , اورو رشی

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

और्व  m.  1. m. a descendant of ऊर्व, N. of a ऋषि, [RV. viii, 102, 4]; [TS. vii]; [AitBr.]; [MBh.] &c.
ऊरु   (in later mythology he is called और्व भार्गव as son of च्यवन and grandson of भृगु; he is the subject of a legend told in [MBh. i, 6802]; there it is said that the sons of कृतवीर्य, wishing to destroy the descendants of भृगु in order to recover the wealth left them by their father, slew even the children in the womb; one of the women of the family of भृगु, in order to preserve her embryo, secreted it in her thigh [], whence the child at its birth was named और्व; on beholding whom, the sons of कृतवीर्य were struck with blindness, and from whose wrath proceeded a flame that threatened to destroy the world, had not और्व at the persuasion of the भार्गवs cast it into the ocean, where it remained concealed, and having the face of a horse; और्व was afterwards preceptor to सगर and gave him the आग्नेयास्त्रम्, with which he conquered the barbarians who invaded his possessions; cf. वडवा-मुख, वडवा-ग्नि)
N. of a son of वसिष्ठ, [Hariv.]
और्व  m.  m. pl. N. of a class of पितृs, [TāṇḍyaBr.]; [Lāṭy.]
और्व  mfn.  mfn. produced by or relating to the ऋषि और्व, [MBh. i, 387, &c.]
और्व  m.  m. the submarine fire (cast into the ocean by और्व भार्गव cf. above).
और्व  mfn.  2. mf( ई)n. ( fr. उर्वी), relating to the earth, of the earth, [VarBṛS.]
और्व  n.  n. fossil salt, [L.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

और्व [aurva] a.  a. (-र्वी f.) [ऊरु-अण्]
Relating to Aurva.
Produced from the thigh.
Relating to the earth.
र्वः N. of a celebrated Ṛiṣi. [He was a descendant of Bhṛigu, (the son of Chyavana by his wife Āruṣī, and grandson of Bhṛigu). The Mahābhārata relates that the sons of Kārtavīrya, with the desire of destroying the descendants of Bhṛigu, killed even the children in the womb. One of the women of the family, in order to preserve her embryo, secreted it in her thigh (ūru), whence the child at its birth was called Aurva. Beholding him, the sons of Kārtavirya were struck with blindness, and his wrath gave rise to a flame which threatened to consume the whole world, had he not, at the desire of his Pitṛis, the Bhārgavas, cast it into the ocean, where it remained concealed with the face of a horse; cf. Vaḍavāgni. Aurva was afterwards preceptor to king Sagara of Ayodhyā]. ऊरोर्यथौर्वस्य पृथोश्च हस्तान् मान्धातुरिन्द्रप्रतिमस्य मूर्ध्नः [Bu. ch. 1.29.]
Submarine fire; त्वयि ज्वलत्यौर्व इवाम्बुराशौ [Ś.3.3;] [Ve.3.7.] so ˚अनलः
-र्वम्   Fossil salt.